Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Yuwei Lin is a sociologist specialised in science and technology studies. Her work endeavours to understand socio-technical dynamics within and across open, distributed, de-centralised, crowd-sourced, audience-led, user-participatory, community-based, collaborative innovation systems.
Her recent research interests concentrate on critical data studies, observing the big data, open data, algorithmic cultural phenomenon and related issues such as privacy, surveillance, automated discriminations by artificial intelligence (AI).
Yuwei is experienced in conducting qualitative research online and offline. She is also exploring and experimenting how performance-led / art-led, sensory / experiential, creative methods can serve the purpose of gather good-quality data that can reflect the sophisticated interactions and relationships in increasingly ubiquitous digital environments.
She is currently co-Editor of the BSA journal 'Sociological Research Online', and a member of the editorial board for 'Sociology'.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Sociology, University of York
Oct 2000 → Jul 2005
Award Date: 1 Jul 2005
BA in Economics, National Taiwan University
Sept 1995 → Jun 1999
Award Date: 30 Jun 1999
External positions
External Examiner, University of Portsmouth
1 May 2024 → …
External Examiner for the Media department, University of East London
1 Oct 2023 → 30 Sept 2027
Keywords
- HM Sociology
- science and technology studies (STS)
- Free/Open Source Software
- critical data studies
- Gender and ICT
- co-production
- community-based co-production
- critical innovation studies
- data practices
- privacy
- surveillance
- digital media
- digital society
- digital cultures
- AI faireness
- algorithmic cultures
- human-computer interaction
- usbaility studies
- audience studies
- participatory cultures
- AI ethics
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A Taste of Home: Supporting International Students with Dietary Change and Homesickness
Lin, Y. (CoI) & Reeves, S. (PI)
13/06/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Saving Time with AI for better journalism? Evidence from an experiment
Batziou, A., Cox, A., Lin, Y. & Tunney, S., 22 Apr 2026, In: Journalism Education . 15, 1, p. 6 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Written evidence submitted by Dr Yuwei Lin to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Lin, Y., 7 Nov 2025, UK Parliament.Research output: Other contribution
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AI in the newsroom: Implications for educators from an experiment with trainee journalists
Tunney, S., Cox, A., Batziou, A. & Lin, Y., 1 Dec 2023, In: Journalism Education . 12, 1, p. 36-46 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Surveillance Practices, Risks and Responses in the Post Pandemic University
Beetham, H., Collier, A., Czerniewicz, L., Lamb, B., Lin, Y., Ross, J., Scott, A.-M. & Wilson, A., 3 Feb 2022, In: Digital Culture & Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Book Review: Amit S. Rai, Jugaad Time: Ecologies of Everyday Hacking in India. London: Duke University Press. 2019.
Lin, Y., May 2021, In: Mobile Media and Communication .Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Open AccessFile131 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Alan Lee's Viva: Symbols of Pride and the Politics of Queer Liberation
Lin, Y. (Chair), Fernandez-Carbajal, A. (Internal Examiner) & Griffiths, C. (External Examiner)
17 Jun 2026Activity: Examinations › Examination
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AI for Social Good Symposium
Lin, Y. (Speaker)
24 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
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Teaching Human-Centred AI: Designing Effective Learning Experiences
Lin, Y. (Speaker)
23 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
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Internal Examiner for Siyuan Gong's PhD Viva
Lin, Y. (Internal Examiner) & Bannerman, C. (External Examiner)
15 May 2025Activity: Examinations › Examination
Press/Media
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#DeleteFacebook is still feeding the beast – but there are ways to overcome surveillance capitalism
26/03/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Digital tech companies need to be more open to protect our privacy and online data
20/03/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media